Going to Noordwijk. brb
Note archive: June, 2016
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Thursday, June 30th, 2016
Wednesday, June 29th, 2016
Goodbye, Alvin Toffler. The future won’t be the same without you.

Confit duck with pickled raisins.

Hacking away at Homebrew Website Club Brighton.
Monday, June 27th, 2016

Chicken with chickpeas and chorizo.
Sunday, June 26th, 2016
3 spaces after a period? I think even @meyerweb would balk at that.
Recalling how Polish cryptographers cracked Enigma, paving the way for Turing

Sunday beef.
Saturday, June 25th, 2016
These Are My Bitter-tasting Jams.

Linguine with clams.

Tomato and mozzarella salad with fresh thyme.

Cooking clams.
Friday, June 24th, 2016

Bavette with salad and charred cauliflower.

Making the most of the sunshine with Huxley on the @Clearleft deck.
This feels like a full pace-layer regression; ratcheting back the clock of progress; abandoning whole future generations.

The Paladin from Troll’s Pantry.

On the bright side, Huxley is in the @Clearleft office today.
Thursday, June 23rd, 2016

Listening to @GlennJones talk about the UX of offline websites at @AsyncJS in @68MiddleSt.
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016
IIIIIIIIIRRRRRRREEEEEEEELLLLLLLLAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNDDDDDD!!!!!!!!

Post-it note madness at @Clearleft.
Tuesday, June 21st, 2016

“Respect the URL”—@torgo
(I’m not sure if he’s seen Tom Cruise in Magnolia)
The browser panel I’m moderating will be streaming live at 1pm, Amsterdam time (11am UTC):
Monday, June 20th, 2016
Fantastic one-two punch from @jeffposnick and @taloppenheimer at the Progressive Web App Dev Summit in Amsterdam—refreshingly realistic.
Muttering Dutch Dudes In Conference Audiences: a memoir of my time in Amsterdam. #cssday #pwadevsummit
Listening to @rob_dodson explain why we need a way to set inert elements.
https://robdodson.me/building-better-accessibility-primitives/
We should make websites that work great on mobile.
We should not make websites that only work on mobile.
Soon browsers will drop support for EME* over HTTP.
It would be great for the web if they also dropped support over HTTPS too.
(*DRM)
Sunday, June 19th, 2016

Hello Amsterdam. Again.
Going to Amsterdam. Again.
brb

Sunday roast.
Saturday, June 18th, 2016

Bangers’n’mash.
Heading back from Amsterdam to Brighton to play with @SalterCane in The Greys pub this evening. You should come along.
Friday, June 17th, 2016

Enjoying a quiet post-conference beer in Amsterdam.
Thursday, June 16th, 2016

Ramen.

Amsterdam 1941. Clarendon?

Amsterdam’s looking lovely this morning.
It’s Valentina’s day!
Happy space flight anniversary, Валентина Терешкова.
Wednesday, June 15th, 2016

I got a ride in the best car in Amsterdam—@Vasilis painted it to be a mobile chalkboard.
Recognised @SLsingh sitting near me on this flight to Amsterdam—he’s speaking at a conference there too—told him how I loved The Code Book.

Full Monty.
Going to Amsterdam. brb
Tuesday, June 14th, 2016
Alas, no Homebrew Website Club in Brighton tomorrow evening (’cause I’ll be away in Amsterdam).
Monday, June 13th, 2016

It’s all starting to come together.
Reading, writing, and eating toast.
Sunday, June 12th, 2016

Roast leg of lamb.

Sussex tomatoes with thyme and chive flowers from the garden.
Saturday, June 11th, 2016

Pork chops and peppers.
Tenser, said the Tensor. Tenser, said the Tensor. Tension, apprehension, And dissension have begun.

Found a magnificent and musty 1954 edition of Albert Bester’s brilliant book, The Demolished Man. cc @greatdismal

Chicken wings.
Bidding farewell to @JenSimmons at Brighton train station …where they are handing out free beer as part of a promotion. Dubious.

Asparagus and poached egg.
Friday, June 10th, 2016

Microphone check with @SalterCane.
I was excited about taking @jensimmons to @streetdiner—didn’t realise I should’ve added the caveat to avoid the rude @sultansdelights stand.
Thursday, June 9th, 2016

Underneath the arches.

Bacon sarnie and a flat white.
I really like this picture of two of my heroes.
Wednesday, June 8th, 2016

Ready to roll: @lottejackson and @fehler about to speak to the lovely Dot York audience.
Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
Dev rels paraphrasing the honky-tonk scene in The Blues Brothers:
“We support both kinds of platforms—Android and iOS.”
Monday, June 6th, 2016

Pancetta-wrapped cod with peppers and tomatoes.

And there’s the “add to home screen” prompt for https://html5forwebdesigners.com/

Getting the “add to home screen” prompt for https://huffduffer.com/ on Android Chrome.

Lunch in a London park.
Sunday, June 5th, 2016
Spent the day refactoring the CSS for https://huffduffer.com/ which, by the way, is now a progressive web app.
Many more tweaks to come.
Went outside to watch an incredibly bright and beautiful ISS flyover (finally the skies are clear!) …struck by the big Mars on the horizon.
Saturday, June 4th, 2016

Chicken wings.
Thursday, June 2nd, 2016

I just turned https://html5forwebdesigners.com/ into a progressive web app.
Yesterday I had lunch with @JaffaTheCake and @rem. Today it was @meeware. I wish to continue this trend of lunchtimes with smart people.

Both @TessaWatson14 and @QwertyKate are wearing awesome space shoes in the @Clearleft HQ today.
Wednesday, June 1st, 2016

Hacking away at Homebrew Website Club Brighton.

Cockles.
Looking forward to this evening’s Homebrew Website Club in @68middlest …even if it ends up being just me tinkering with my website.